James Monroe v. Peter Skinner, 1823-1826

The Commonwealth of Virginia, To the Marshal of the Winchester Chancery District...Greeting: You are hereby commanded to Summon Nathan Skinner

to appear at the Clerk's Office of the Superior Court of Chancery, directed by law to be holden at Winchester, in the county of Frederick, on the first Monday in February March April June next, to answer a bill exhibit against him in the said Court, by James Monroe

and this he shall in no wise omit, under the penalty of £100; and have then there this Writ. Witness, DANIEL LEE, Clerk of our said Court, at Winchester, this 9th day of January May 1825, and in the 49th year of the Commonwealth.

Danl Lee

[The marshal is requested to note, in his return, the time of executing this process.]

NA 350

Hand

Monroe

vs }New Issue & Injuc

Skinner

Executed the 25th of May 1825

Nathl Seevers & for GW Lewis May [?]

To restrain and inhibit the defendant from committing or suffering any kind of waste or distruction on a certain lott of land in his possession in the county of Loudon, part of a lott of land formerly granted to one Thomas Hill by Robert Carter and now owned by the plaintiff James Monroe This injunction is to continue untill the further order of the superior court of Chancery holden at Winchester

Sealed

Danl Lee

James Monroe Esqr. please to take notices that I shall, on the 16th day of October next, at the Mansion house of Joseph Hill in the county of Pittsylvania in the State of Virginia, between sun rise & sun down, take the deposition of said Hill, & others to be used as evidence in a suit now pending in the Superior Court of Chancery holden at Winchester in which you are Complainants & I am defedant ----

Nathan Skinner

Loudoun County 4th Sepr 1826

NA 485

Loudoun County S ct.

Charles Ritaten afterward before me a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid & made Oath that he delivered a true copy of the within Notice to James Monroe this day.

Given under my hand this 4th day of Septr. 1826

J. Bayly

Pittsylvania County Va. [?]

Pursuant to a Comission from the Superior Court of Chancery for the Winchester Dist directed to any two Justices of the Peace in County of Pittsylvania. and agreably to a Notice duly proven. We Stockley Turner and William H. Shelton two of the Justices of the peace in the Court aforesaid have Assembled Our selves at the Mansion House of Joseph Hill in the County aforesaid on this 16th day of October 1826. between sun rise & the setting thereof. and delegently examined Joseph Hill, Joseph Chaney Senr. Joshua Dodson, & Caleb Dodson Senr. Witnesses. in behalf of Nathan Skinner in Certain Matter of Controversy. Now defending in the Superior Court of Chancery, directed to be holden at Winchester, in the County of Federick Va. Wherein the said Nathan Skinner is defendant and James Monroe is plaintiff

The Dept. Joseph Hill being duly sworn says that he has every natural reason to believe himself to be the eldest son of the late Thomas Hill formerly of Loudoun County Va. & is the same Joseph Hill who some few years past attended as a Witness for sd. Skinner and Was admitted by those Concerned to be the son of sd Tho Hill & to be one of the persons under Whom Nathan Skinner holds his title to the Tract of Land in the County of Loundoun Va.

This deponant has been on the said land when in Loudoun as aforesaid. he Knows It to be the same Tract his father sold during his Own Life. (Thos. Hill?) This deponants Life & his Brother Reubins. agreably, as respect the sale to Information he received from his father & further this Depot says not.

his Joseph X Hill Mark

The Deponents Joseph Chaney Senr. Joshua Dodson and Caleb Dodson Senr. being duly sworn severaly sayeth they have Known Joseph Hill. the first Deponent from his boyhood. he has ever been Called the son of Thomas Hill formerly of Loudoun County Va. they all lived many years neighbours to him - (said Thomas Hill) he raised and Called the said Joseph his son. -- the said Deponant have all heard the said Thomas Hill often speak of having Lived in Loudoun County Va. and two of the Depotee. Chaney & J. Dodsons have often heard him (sd Tho Hill) say that he had sold his Land in Loudoun aft. for & dureing the Lives of himself, his son Joseph (the 1st Dept) and his son Reubein. and further these Deponants sayeth not

his Joseph X Chaney Sr mark

his Joshua X Dodson mark

his Caleb X Dodson mark